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The year that Congress just gave people money Vox.com 2/5/2021 Dylan Matthews © Spencer Platt/Getty Images The Broadway theater district in New York City remains mostly empty as Covid-19 restrictions keep theater doors shuttered. The Biden administration and its allies in Congress are pushing for a new round of $1,400 checks to all but the richest Americans. If you’ve been following the ins and outs of Covid-19 relief politics in recent weeks, this isn’t surprising news. But consider what a dramatic transformation of American politics this represents. The first $1,200...

'Move over Austin': NYC mayor backs call for young and ambitious workers to avoid Texas capitol mySA 2/5/2021 Mark Dunphy © Provided by mySA Pedestrians walk on the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge in downtown Austin, Texas on July 10, 2020. In Austin, the price of a three-bedroom Bay Area apartment buys a five-bedroom house and an acre to boot. (Ilana Panich-Linsman/The New York Times) Austin can't catch a break in the Op-Ed pages. Two weeks after a California man blasted the Texas 'dystopia,' the founder of an investment firm is calling for workers with aspirations to choose N...

It seems like the Great Austin Migration is making some people nervous. Earlier this week, Bloomberg published an opinion piece by Conor Sen titled, "Young and Ambitious? Move to New York, Not Austin" with the main argument that New York has more opportunity to get ahead (sure) and cheaper rent (uhhhh...). New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted it out with a cheerful, "Move over Austin!" Some Texans had something to say about it, including Gov. Greg Abbott. Dude. Just stop. Because, as the saying goes, don’t mess with Texas. https://t.co/qJb6F13943— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) Febru...

Finding the best ways to do good. The Biden administration and its allies in Congress are pushing for a new round of $1,400 checks to all but the richest Americans. If you’ve been following the ins and outs of Covid-19 relief politics in recent weeks, this isn’t surprising news. But consider what a dramatic transformation of American politics this represents. The first $1,200 checks that were sent out as part of a massive relief package in early 2020 were genuinely unprecedented in American history. The US has issued refunds for taxes paid in the past, and those refunds sometimes loo...